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Devices for Conveying, Doubling, and Folding t'h Lap of aGaming-Machine;

Patented April 6, 1880.

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Devices for Conveying, Doubling, and Folding the Lap of aCarding-Maohine. No. 226,379. Patented-April'6, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ROBERT WILDE AND THOMAS B. WILDE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA. M

DEVICE FOR CONVEYING, DOUBLING, AND FOLDING THE LAP OF ACARDlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,379, dated April 6,1880.

Application filed February 4, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT WLLDE and THOMAS E. VVILDE, of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices forConveying, Doubling, and Folding the Lap of a Oarding-Machine, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to construct a compact and economicaldevice for doubling and folding the lap of a breaker-card, and forconveying the said lap from the first breakercard to the second breaker,or from the second breaker to the condenser, in such a manner as topresent the fibers endwise; and this object we attain by combining thetwo break ers, or the breaker and condenser, with an arrangement ofendless belts or carriers arranged at certain angles in respect to eachother, and with a device known as a camelback feeder, all as hereinafterset forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a perspective viewof our improved lap-conveyer; and Fig. 2, Sheet 2, a plan view of thesame.

A represents part of the cylinder of a carding-machine, either the firstor second breaker; a, the doffer of the same; B, part of the cylinder ofanother carding-machine, either second breaker or condenser; and I), thelickerin of said machine.

The lap is taken from the doffer a by a small roll, (I, which is coveredwith card-clothing, and which lays the lap upon an endless slattedapron, D, the latter carrying the lap beneath two pressure-rollers, e 6,and delivering it onto a second endless apron, E, arranged at a lowerlevel than the apron D, and at an angle of forty-five degrees, orthereabout, in respect thereto.

The apron E conveys the lap to a third apron, F, arranged at a lowerlevel than said apron E, and at an angle of forty-five degrees inrespect thereto, and at a right angle to the apron D. This apron Fcarries the lap to the endless apron of the device known as a camel-backfeed, said device consisting of a roller, G, the journals of which areadapted to fixed bearings, and a swinging frame, J, carrying rollers K,L, and M for the belt, and furnished with a guided carriage, N, carryingtwo delivery-rollers, P P, which traverse back and forth across anendless apron, R, the movement of which is at right angles to that ofthe carriage N, whereby the lap laid in folds on the apron by thetraversing rollers Pis fed to the licker-in b.

In passing from the apron D onto the apron E the longitudinal movementof the lap is transformed into a combined longitudinal and lateralmovement, the effect of which is to cause the fibers to crowd togetherand overlap each other, without, however, bending or turning the fibersfrom their course in line longitudinally with the apron D, so that whenthe lap is delivered to the apron F itis about double the thickness andhalf the width of the lap on the apron D, the fibers running crosswiseof the lap instead of endwise. This method of doubling the lap, inconnection with the folding of the same on the feed-apron R, insures thepresentation of the fibers endwise to the licker-in l), and in a compactuniform layer from end to end of the same.

Suitable frames support the rollers carrying the various endless aprons,also the roller G and carriage N and cog-wheels, pulleys, and belts areemployed, as shown in the drawings, for causing the various parts tomove in unison with each other. These features, however, form noparticular part of ourinvention, and may be modified as circumstancesmay suggest.

We claim as our invention- The combination of two carding-machines and acamel back feeder with the three aprons or carriers D, E, and F,arranged at angles in respect to each other, as shown and described, andwith mechanism for operating said aprons, whereby the lap is taken fromthe doffer, doubled, and delivered to the camelback in a course at rightangles to that in which it was taken from the doffer, all substantiallyas and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT WILDE. THOMAS B. WILDE.

WVitnesses:

ALEXANDER PATTERSON, HARRY SMITH.

